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Halloween 2020
This year we were invited to spend Halloween with the Weckerlys. I think most people were wondering what was best as far as celebrating Halloween in the middle of a pandemic. Since Hurdsfield is such a small community and they have a very low number of positive or active cases there, we felt it was probably a safer option than Fargo anyhow. Plus, with wind gusts up to 60 mph, it seemed like 'rona germs didn't stand a chance. (Kidding.)
We came through Carrington on Friday for dinner at my parents' house and then continued on to Weckerlys' where they were watching the first 'Harry Potter' movie. So, Brynn was excited to get in on part of that.
The next day the kids hung out and Chad helped with trick-or-treat training. We were joking with the kids with a pretend trick-or-treating dry run.
Marsha didn't seem overly impressed with her costume, but she looked really cute.
Auntie had a fun game of Halloween bingo planned.
(Thank you to Tessa for some of these pictures!)
Elise, Brynn and Ben were busy working on stop additional Halloween decorations.
Oliver helped make mummy dogs which turned out really neat...and yummy.
We had quite the spooky spread from ghost bananas and pumpkin oranges to punch with floating phalanges ice cubes.
Grandpa and Grandma Dietz came along for trick-or-treating too.
The horrendous wind was a real bummer, but the kids didn't seem to mind too much.
Mom and Dad and I took Oliver and Clara in my vehicle behind the older kids. These two little ones had a tough time keeping up with the older ones, but they didn't seem too deterred. It was so hilarious watching them together. Half of the time poor Oliver's helmet was sideways, so I don't know how well he could see.
We made it back to the house after about a half an hour. The kids rifled through the treats, ate some favorites, did a little trading and then we went into Fessenden so we could visit Grandma Darlene.
Oliver and Clara were having such a fun time together, Oliver decided to tag along with us up to Grandma's.
Dad tried to give Grandma a fright.
Here's a little Halloween video montage.
We had a fun time! Thanks for hosting us, Weckerlys! And thank you to all who gave the girls cards, money and goodies this Halloween.
Clara and I walked over to the high school for a boys' soccer game. They were pretty impressive to watch. Elise and Clara had fun raking leaves and Grandpa and Grandma's lake. Well, I know Clara had a great time for sure. I can't remember if I had posted that Dana did away with the garden and planted grass where it once was. So, Clara mowed that section. It was a perfect size for her to tackle. She might have found herself a summer job already. An amazing double rainbow! Thank you to those who donated for Clara's school walk-a-thon which took place last Monday. Dana and I were able to go watch and then joined in for some laps as well. Benny the Eagle was out there cheering the kids on too. Dana was busy making monster cookies for his annual hunting trip up north with his Dad and family friends. He kindly left some behind for us...which are long since gone now. :-) Grandma Holly came up while the guys were gone and took Clara shopping and the girls for lunch on Saturday
The kids rolled out and baked sugar cookies for Thanksgiving. We finished our thankful pumpkin. I saw this in the store and given the season, it took me right back to my Grandma D's house on Thanksgiving and the bowl of walnuts she'd have on her table with the nutcracker. I wanted to buy it just for nostalgia purposes. Cora and Clara made these adorable turkey crafts at the crafternoon at the library. On Tuesday we went downtown for the tree lighting at Broadway Square. Abby, Hubert's sister, joined us as well. She just turned 10, so she got along pretty well with Clara. They had s'mores kits so we had to toast some mallows right away. I love how Clara's marshmallow is completely ablaze and she's still posing for the photo. Hahaha. We had to visit the reindeer too. I made them do jazz hands. And then, of course, we had to hit up Blackbird afterward. Our Wednesday morning XaBeat class. We were feelin' pretty festive. The girls had Wednesday off from school,
Brynn put together our May Day baskets and did a fantastic job. Clara and I did the deliveries... And we received one as well with these beautiful flowers. It was from Clara's friend, Cora, and her fam. We went out to dinner as a family to celebrate my birthday on Wednesday to best accommodate schedules this week. I got to open my cards and gifts when we got home. I had picked up a slice of puppy chow cake at Sonder Bakehouse so we all shared that. Then Brynn and I went out to play a little tennis. It was a beautiful day outside. I had taken Friday (my actual birthday) off of work and Tessa came up to have brunch with me. We had Black Coffee + Waffle Bar. It was so fun. Then May did my hair as it was overdue for a cut and color. Dana and I were able to go out just us two while Brynn took Clara to her school fun night...not only that, but Brynn also volunteered to sell tickets/wristbands (I was originally going to do it) so that I didn't have to and could go out. 💜 I had a coup
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